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Chapter 26

November 30th 1980

"He's going to be here any minute James, we have to act naturally" Remus said fiddling nervously with his wand.

"Think he'll smell a rat?" Sirius snorted "Get it?" He said nudging James with his elbow.

"Be serious Padfoot" James said rolling his eyes.

"I'm always Sirius" Sirius smirked.

"Right you're cut off" Remus reached over to snatch Sirius's glass of fire whisky, but Sirius was faster.

"You missed" Sirius giggled out.

"How is he already this pissed?" James asked Remus tuning out Sirius's loud guffaws.

"He started at noon" Remus said

"Of course he has, Lily can you bring in some Sober up potion?" James called to the kitchen where Lily was busy feeding Harry.

They had recoiled at the thought of Peter meeting Harry at all, but as Moody had helpfully pointed out, He had been invited over to meet the boy and if he was not there Peter would most defiantly be suspicious. While he was not the most intelligent Wizard, he was not stupid. Harry had to be there. At least for a little while. The original plan was that they would all sit down to dinner as they used to, ply Peter with fire whiskey and get him to confess, But the thought of sharing a meal with their traitorous ex friend left a sour taste in everybody's mouth so to speak, so the plan changed.

Once Peter arrived at Godrics hollow, they would allow him to see Harry briefly, Lily would then remove the baby and herself from the situation, as Harry was tried and needed to go to bed. She would take him upstairs, as Peter still believed he was living there, and use the newly connected upstairs floo to go home to their home un Kensington. Where Lily would stay for the rest of the night with Harry Safe from harm.

That was not however Lily's plan. She would remove Harry from the situation, of course, but instead of staying with him at their home, she had enlisted the help of Helen, who had agreed to watch him her home until the following morning. Lily would then make her way back to Godrics hollow to join in the fun. She knew James would be angry for putting herself in danger but he would forgive her.

James and Lily had, of course taken into consideration the life that Harry had lead in Hermione's timeline, and had made their wishes clear to everyone involved that should anything happen to both Lily and James that Harry was to be raised by Helen, who was Lily Best friend. It would mean that no matter what happened, Harry would have a family who loved him.

Regulus who was in his animagus form outside the cottage on lookout duty let out a loud squark when he saw Peter making his way up the road, giving the group inside a warning to get their game faces on so to speak. Sirius had wanted Regulus to be actively involved in their little game, but had been overruled, not because the others didn't want Regulus there, he had become a part of their mismatched family almost immediately, but for his own safely. Peter would be handed over to the Aurors as soon as they were finished with him, and they didn't want Peter to know Regulus was alive as he would surely shout about Regulus's involvement with the death eaters as loud as he could in order to either get the focus off of himself or to try to strike a deal for information. It was not worth it. Regulus's involvement was best kept hidden for the time being, Moody knew about him of course, and would keep him out of Azkaban if it came down to it, but he was an asset they did not want to be without. Once it was safe and all of this was over, he could be revealed, but until then, if his defection to the other side, or his knowledge of the future got out, he would have a target on his back. No one wanted that.

The occupants of Godrics hollow, upon hearing the warning that Peters arrival was imminent, flew into action. A sober up potion was forced down Sirius's throat by Remus. The effect was instant thankfully. Lily brought Harry into the living room and placed him in his Father's arms. For as much as they were trying to look natural and relaxed, none of them truly managed it. The tension of the situation could be felt in the atmosphere by all, this was the first time they were coming face to face with their former friend since finding out about his betrayal. They had seen the proof that he was spying on order meeting with their own eyes, granted it had lead to the capture of most of the higher ranking death eaters, but he had still betrayed them.

Moody was in the garden with a muggle walkie talkie, Lily's suggestion, for confirmation that the Aurors could depend and take over. James Sirius and Remus would secure Peter so he could not escape and then leave the house so that they were not around to be questioned when the 'anonymous tip' was given to Moody who would watch that Peter did not escape and call in backup aurora to arrest Peter. Moody would then operate to the front of the cottage and 'arrive' with the rest of the euros.

The knock on the door startled everyone even though they knew it was coming. Lily made her way over to the door and opened it.

"Hello Peter" she said trying to smile, though she was not sur eif she managed it or not.

"Lily" Peter smiled at her "it's good to see you"

Lily smiled awkwardly at him but did not return the sentiment as she waved him into the small cottage.

She followed him into the living room where she was please to see everybody had got their act together and were laughing and joking with each other as they normally did. Harry was giggling as Sirius made various ornaments which had been left in the cottage for appearance sake zoom at high speed around the room.

One of the objects, a hideous china figurine that Petunia had given them as a wedding present, flew directly at Peter as soon as he entered the room and smashed against his chest. Peter let out an ooomf as it hit him with force. Though this looked like an accident, Lily could see a glint in Sirius eye. Let the games begin she thought.

A/N: Cliffy...Let me know what you thought. thank you to everone who is following this story. you all do really keep me going with the writing. :)